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Tinklerbell
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posted 05-19-2003 02:00 PM           Edit/Delete Message
My peekapoo has been a challenge from the start. It is sad to hear so many others have such positive experiences with their peekapoo's. My peekapoo has been and still is a challenge to potty train. He seems to understand and then back tracks. He knows he is bad for going potty and poop in the house, but continues to do it anyways. It is his way of punishing us. He will not go to the bathroom unless you stand by the door and repeatedly tell him. He also has to keep you within site or he will not go to the bathroom. I need to time him every 3-4 hours to be let out. I find this very annoying. He refuses to be anywhere you aren't and will punish you if you are gone longer than his liking. He also does try to nip at strangers. I think he is trying to protect us, but it is very embarassing. We have alot of children in the neighborhood and I worry about his actions. I would understand if they approached him alone, but if we are there I do not se why he tries to nip at them. Especially when he is told "NO". After a few meeting he is fine and will treat you as one of the family. I can't take him to the groomer because he is so bad that I am called to take him home because he is trying to bite everyone. I even got a prescribed amount of tranqulizers from the vet that should have made him very easy going. He still faught and bit at people. So due to his long hair I have to groom him and that is a chore in it's self. He seems to have many fears and reacts instantly if he is made to felt uneasy. He is wonderful with my toddler and loves to play. As a baby she would pull at his hair and he never nipped at her. I think for my family he is too sensitive and does loose his mind so to speak when we have guests. He constinently badgers them for attention and always tries to strech the rules when new people are around. He will not bark to go outside, but will bark like a madman when he hears outside sounds or the door bell ring. He can be very lovable, but very demanding. I think he would be better in a non active family who does not travel. We travel once a month at least and are gone for the weekend. I always by him a big bone before going and arrange for a neighbor to let him out and play with him for a while each day. Granted I am a stay at home Mom and he does have me around the clock. He does play very well with other dogs. He is very good as long as he is always at your side. I wish he would not be so clingy and not be under your feet all the time. We have wondered if this breed has any specific problems or charactestics that we should know about. ALso it might help us understand or help him to be the dog we want. I admit we did not research the breed very much before purchasing him.

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Sugar
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From:Madison, MS
Registered: Apr 2003

posted 05-19-2003 06:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sugar     Edit/Delete Message
From what I understand and have experienced, they really choose to dominate ONE particular person. They can be friendly and loveable to others, but they like ONE PERSON A LOT.

Have you had your Peek from 6 weeks.....do you know what kind of background he comes from? I've read about this biting thing a lot.....I hate that. Ours does it in play and even then, she gets the big NOOOOOOOOO and knows it's not right. She minds really well, UNLESS she's doing something she really wants to do, LIKE BUG HUNTING, and you will have to call her 2 or 3 times...otherwise, she comes on the first call.

I too have this clingy thing going on with Sugg (as in SUGAR). She has gotten to where she will go off on her own now and play, and I let her, now that she is doing so much better with housetraining and I can trust her to come and tell me she has to go.

I do not know what to tell you. I too have been home a LOT with consruction going on in my home, since we got Sugg, so I'm wondering how it will be for her when I am gone more. I've had to be here a LOT with all these people working on my house.

We do leave her for up to 6 hours and even then, when we come in the house, she just sits in her crate quietly until we say something to her, even though she can see us.

We have tried NOT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL out of leaving or COMING HOME. ONCE she's out....she's very happy to see us and wants a lot of attention and then she'll go on and play. She is never FAR from me however, and watches at a distance, me cook dinner every night. She is not allowed in the Kitchen. She loves my husband a LOT too, and loves spending time with him, but she is a MAMA'S BABY for sure.

When she hears my feet in the morning...she gets sooooooooooooo excited she shakes. My husband gets up before I do and when she hears my sounds, he says she stops DEAD in her tracks, listens and then she must be loved BEFORE COFFEE and then she's okay, so she's pretty excited each morning, but then I'm excited to see her too.

I hope it goes better for you. Have you tried a training program ? Do you try and give her treats when she does her business ? Some folks don't like that, but man, I have these little yogurt-chocolate dog treats I get at Petsmart that she will do ANYTHING for, and we have used these while training. Whatever works....and it worked really fast too.

Hope things go better. Maybe someone else on here can give you better tips.

Nancy ...SUGG'S MOM

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gooob
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posted 05-19-2003 09:39 PM           Edit/Delete Message
He desn't know he's been bad for "going potty" in the house, only that you punish him for (what he sees as) no reason whatsoever. Dogs don't think in the past, or the future. He won't connect being punished with the puddle he left on the floor 3 hrs before that. He probably thinks you're a madman(woman?) for "turning" on him when he did nothing. He's not doing it just to "punish" you. Have you had him checked out by a vet for health problems (a simple exam isn't enough in this case, they should at least check his urine, and probably do a full blood panel)? Are you cleaning the areas where he goes well? Any remaining odor will definitely entice him to go there again. You also have to remember that he has a much smaller bladder than you, and that he'll have to go more often than you (his bladder is smaller than a child's, and think how often they have to go). My 60 lb dog can "hold it" all day if she absolutely HAS to (normally I take her out every 4 hrs or so), the other dog of similar size (a few lbs less) needs to go out every 2-3 hrs. It just depends on the dog.

If he needs to be groomed and you don't want to/can't do it, then you should be able to find a vet clinic that also does grooming, and they can sedate the dog so that it can be shaved down.

It sounds like he has a lack of confidence, which would explain his clingyness and possibly his nipping at strangers. One of our dogs is like this, and has gotten a lot better after some socialization and confidence building training. It's YOUR responsibility though to make sure he doesn't get the chance to bite someone, and you need to be sure he's safely contained at ALL times. That could mean he has to be on leash with you when out in public (this is a given, and should be followed even if he wasn't snappy), in a crate when visitors come, in a securely fenced yard when outside playing/peeing, or whatever it takes.

You would both benefit from finding a good trainer to help you work through the problems you've brought up. You should be able to find on on this site: http://www.apdt.com

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gooob
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posted 05-19-2003 09:42 PM           Edit/Delete Message
Forgot to mention, for the site to find a trainer, you clikc on the "trainers & owners" button, then on the "trainer search" button on the left of that page.

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puttin510
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posted 05-20-2003 08:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for puttin510     Edit/Delete Message
I have a rescued poodle. She is a one person dog. She likes my husband but usually I am the one she chooses to lay on and follow. She will sleep right on me at night. She hates to be bothered or touched by anyone that is not above her Alpha status, that includes my teenage boys and anyone that comes over. Including anyone that tries to pet her on walks. I generally tell everyone not to touch her. She was abused so she really has excess baggage. She tried dominating all of us in the household the first year. But I would put her in her place. She had bitten me a few different time, very hard. All I could do was yell it hurt so bad, I would tell her to go on and tell her she had been a bad girl. She really needed drastic treatment. Not hitting. I would make her go in the other room and doing that was the worst for her because all she wanted was to be with me. There is so very much more to all of this. There had been times, when I had been grooming her(because I feared she would bite a professional) and if I nicked her she would lunge at me. I would have to grab hold of her muzzle and tell her bad girl. There were times I was so frustrated and it came out louder than I'd like, but over time I became her boss. She has become a pretty good girl. Not perfect but good. Small dogs have sneaky ways of becoming spoiled rotten and not always in a good way.

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leciabee
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From:New Iberia, La, 70560
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posted 08-12-2003 11:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for leciabee   Click Here to Email leciabee     Edit/Delete Message
My peekapoo also goes in the house. It started because I moved back to my parnets house who had another male in the house. You might want to try fixing him. If he is young enough it might help. Also try crate training. Percy will NOT go in his crate because he sees it as his home-make him sleep in it for a few mouths so that he knows this is his bed. Percy mostly goes whne he is left alone so when you leave put him in the crate. If you need to start over with house training go to some websites to find info. Also reward hime for going when you bering him out. Also a good tip I found was to keep tilling him to "go potty"-in other words hurry him up this is not a play time. Oh, one more thing I saw that sugar gives Sugg treats with chocolate-don't do that chocolate is bad for all dog it can kill them. I don't know why they make them.
Hope this helps

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